Margot Robbie is set to star in A24 and Square Peg’s The Week of Pain, reuniting with The Drama director Kristoffer Borgli. The move underscores the shift of the world’s highest-paid actress into one of Hollywood’s most prolific producers through her LuckyChap Entertainment banner.
The Engine Room
Behind the blockbuster stardom, a technical reality is reshaping Margot Robbie’s career. As ever, the detail that matters is her dual role as an actor and a producer. Robbie co-founded LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014 with her husband, filmmaker Tom Ackerley, creating a production engine designed to champion projects that expand her portfolio. This banner is not merely a vanity label; it is a prolific indie engine, financing and producing a slate of acclaimed films and series, including I, Tonya, Promising Young Woman, Barbie, and Saltburn. The technical reality is that LuckyChap has become a central hub for prestige projects, allowing Robbie to anchor her career behind the camera as much as in front of it.
The A24 Collaboration
LuckyChap’s latest venture highlights its strategic partnerships. The Week of Pain will be financed and produced by A24, with LuckyChap listed as a producer alongside Square Peg, Dilemma Films, and Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster’s Square Peg banner. This marks Robbie’s first time starring in an A24 film, a significant milestone for both the actress and the studio. The collaboration reunites A24 with Borgli following the success of The Drama, which grossed $134 million worldwide against a $28 million budget. As with any Borgli and Square Peg project, plot details for The Week of Pain are being kept under wraps by the production team. Robbie has been a fan of Borgli’s work for some time and recently committed to shoot the film in 2027.
Box Office Muscle
The financial success of Robbie’s recent projects demonstrates the commercial power of her production choices. Her recent starring role in Wuthering Heights, directed by Emerald Fennell, grossed $241.8 million worldwide. The Drama, which LuckyChap did not produce but which Robbie’s involvement in The Week of Pain now connects her to, became one of A24’s highest-grossing movies globally. These figures provide the financial runway for riskier, auteur-driven projects like The Week of Pain. The technical reality is that Robbie’s star power, coupled with LuckyChap’s production savvy, creates a formula that balances commercial viability with critical prestige.
A Balancing Act
Robbie’s current workload reveals the delicate balance she maintains between acting and production. She is currently wrapping production on an Ocean’s prequel for Warner Bros., starring alongside Bradley Cooper, who is also directing. The film, set at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix, is a significant commitment. Yet, she has also committed to shooting The Week of Pain in 2027. This ability to juggle major studio productions with high-profile indie films is a testament to the robustness of the LuckyChap model. The banner’s structure allows Robbie to not only star in projects but to actively shape them from the ground up, ensuring a steady pipeline of work that aligns with her artistic and commercial ambitions.
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